We began this lesson with an introduction to the artwork and life of the artist Vincent Van Gogh. In the presentation, the students were able to identify the different shapes, lines, colors and patterns that they see in the artwork. We then explored in a little bit more depth, his self portraits. Van Gogh was able to use lines and movement even in the most still of positions. He was able to capture the intensity of his feeling or emotion at that exact moment in time. After a brief biography video, students turned to their sketchbooks to start creating. Using a worksheet that is glued into their sketchbooks, students will create a chart of different line patterns, inspired by Van Gogh's artwork of course. They will use the exact feeling they felt during class to give them the basis of their lines. From here, the students will take a photograph in a position of their choosing for their own self portrait. They will cut out everything but their face neck and shoulders from the printed photo. After gluing their faces to their papers, they will add in their hair, shirts and background using the Van Gogh inspired line patterns they created in their sketchbooks. 

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ART WORDS:
self portrait: a portrait of ones self.
brushstroke: the line a brush makes when painting.
composition: the plan or blueprint of an artwork, how you set up an artwork.
pattern: a repetition of something

click the links below to check out the presentation and video the students received on Vincent Van Gogh:

Here is a short video of the creation process for this project! 

3rd Grade is currently creating the cover of their very own, hand made sketchbook! Sketchbooks are like an artists journal or notebook. 13rd graders will be utilizing these sketchbooks for taking notes, creating preliminary sketches or drawings and during "free-draw" time. On the cover of these sketchbooks, students have created a drawing of their choosing to decorate their sketchbooks. Some students have created a beautiful abstract drawings by just using colors and lines as their artwork and others have created a representational drawing of something of their choice. Sketchbooks are a great way to store ideas, drawings and notes about artists and artworks that they are learning about to later refer to after leaving 3rd grade. 

Learning objectives: Techniques in using watercolors, listening to guided instruction. 

ART WORDS: 
Sketchbook: a journal or book used for ideas and drawings by artists. ​

Welcome back students and welcome to PS31q to any of our new students! I am so excited to get creating in the art room! This year we will be looking even more closely at the foundations of art, the elements of design! We will also look at some of the more difficult foundations that are called the Principles of design. In each lesson we will be learning about a different element or principle as well as learning about some artists too! I can't wait to get messy with you all! ​